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  1. bbchien

    I think food should taste bad

    If it looks tasty, you cannot have it........
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    Basic Medical and CFI

    Matthew there are two kinds of PIC: Sole manip of the controls in an a/c for which you are otherwise rated; and PIC-legally responible for the operation of the a/c......But I think you knew this. You can be legally responsible for a ship <=6,000 lbs at 18,000 ft and below, IFR or VFR on a Basic.
  3. bbchien

    FAA changes name of Antidepressant Protocol to...

    In some cases that is bioethically permissible but more often the exception that proves the rule.....'Most' is a big statement. I'll bet you never served on a bioethics board.....of course, everybody here is a doc an ame an attorney...etc. etc. etc.
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    Return to flying after heart attack?

    "Dear Grounded" (most of us are old enough to recognize this format): You are also grounded by the list of 15 disqualifying medical conditions: The requirments are: Doc's Admission dictation Cath report-CAVEAT: There is a structural standard too, "no part of the heart can be behind a 70% or...
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    Cholesterol, do I need to pick up smokin' and drinkin,??

    I recently let fly at my internist who wants to treat me to toxicity with statins. I have a normal profile. It was the Foghorn Leghorn Thing. Remember I was a professor long ago. "I say, I say, What EXACTLY is your longevity evidence for wanting to do a thing like that? Where is your survival...
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    Histoplasmosis

    The above is....pretty spot on......B
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    ADHD - Is it possible to be a pilot?

    If you haven't already, turn on "signature lines" on your personal preferences and hit the link to website/ send message.....it IS possible but there is some brain efficiency testing at > 90 days off meds that has to happen and he has to, without med, beat out the bottom 15th percentile of...
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    Medical status in medxpress vs. airman registry

    Simples: you defintely should go for a second, First Class deferral @ 1 year so they won't be writing saying, "further consideration is not possible as your underlying exam has expired; We have gotten communication from Washington to "encourage your pilots to submit the annual HIMS psychiatrist...
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    Basic Med for first time medical cert

    Here's a copy of the enabling legislation.....
  10. bbchien

    Medical Exam & OCD

    See your private email! B.
  11. bbchien

    Timeline after denial

    Jay_us. If it's in Washington it could be a while. It it's in OKC full re-review is 210 days. Do you know in whose queue it is? If it's simple, and the analyst has done the work AND the reviewing doc internally listed a set of conditions (that are now satisfied) it could be the whole of six weeks.
  12. bbchien

    38 degree scoliosis curve - disqualified for first class medical?

    I'd make that decision independently of FAA. That is one huge major tirp to the operating room. If it were repaired, however, it would be report of operation Post op status Certification by AME inspection Either way you get to fly. It's just a lot more documentation if you are pre-intervention.
  13. bbchien

    Unreported allergy shot

    For this issue, its not a big deal. Nobody is going to care about that 12 years later.....just remember to put in in your comments at next medical.
  14. bbchien

    38 degree scoliosis curve - disqualified for first class medical?

    Anything over 30 degrees is going to be progressive. And some think over 20 degrees is “progressive”. It can limit pulmonary function, so PFTs are necessary. I can’t imagine an AME missing this when he/she does the pulmonary exam. The spine won’t be straight of course. Bring records and a...
  15. bbchien

    Recommendation for previous military drug charge and mental health issues

    I was kinna hoping you were going to say, "but I don't do any of that stuff anymore"..... Generally speaking one starts with: The full active duty medical record. Beware: The DOD's definitions of disease are different from FAA (part 67). The VAH record. Beware the VAH's defintions of disease...
  16. bbchien

    Multiple Recent ATC Errors...Why?

    As with all aspects of the agency, we are asking too much of too few for too long.
  17. bbchien

    FAA changes name of Antidepressant Protocol to...

    It slows the speed at which the forebrain communicates with the other parts, limiting speed, flexibilty and also PAIN and mood swings. It's neurospcych profile is such that I'm not expecting anyone on it to be able to pass. All of which is this former pain doc's way of saying (and we use it a...
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    Passing Medical with past drug addiction.

    So do I do any service giving a sugar coated answer? Dord it do any pilot any good to do that? Truth is brutal. Do I tell the pilot or does the FAA or even worse, the local federal prosecutor/inspector general? Get real! (Every one of his posts is about "oh, I can evade that" Detoxed...
  19. bbchien

    Improperly Administered OCVT - Trying to Appeal

    I have had an OCVT reversed/redone because the ASI did not do it at proper distance. So yes, it has to done exactly per 8900.1 (I think the change is #638), or it gets redone. In this case the student provided measurements to the base of the tower, and photographs of where they stood. But the...
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